2 Chinese nationals captured fighting for Russia in Ukraine: Zelenskyy

Ukrainian president pushes for response from Beijing

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at a press conference in Kyiv on April 8. © Reuters

KYIV (Reuters) -- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces had captured two Chinese men fighting for Russia in eastern Ukraine, potentially threatening a fragile peace effort in the three-year-old war.

Beijing is a close diplomatic ally of Moscow but is not publicly known to have directly aided in the Kremlin's full-scale invasion, which U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to swiftly end.

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